{"id":19121,"date":"2016-01-18T13:35:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=19121"},"modified":"2016-01-18T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:35:55","slug":"pollution-health-concerns-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/pollution-health-concerns-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollution Health Concerns in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Periodically we hear complaints about how news sources do no more on so many stories than just printing press releases from government agencies, politicians or political campaigns.  We also hear of stories the European press covers in greater depth than found in the U.S.  The term media conglomerate has become a part of this conversation.  The latest data I've seen spoke of 20 companies owning 796 of U.S. newspapers–and at least some of those companies also own magazines and\/or radio and\/or TV stations.  The first story in MI apparently got little attention until one or more residents brought it to Rachel Maddow's attention…but it wasn't MI's first major pollution story in recent years that may have gotten too little attention nationally, so I include the second for some of the context.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is a day honoring MLK whose words on silence included:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

"Your<\/span> life begins to end the moment you start being silent about the things that matter."<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

"In<\/span> the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

"We<\/span> will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

"History<\/span> will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.<\/span><\/strong><\/em>"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

"There<\/span> comes a time when silence is betrayal."<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

May this help motivate us to speak up to the right people when we learn things giving us cause for concern.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flint<\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Society\/2016\/0116\/Flint-water-crisis-Obama-says-it-qualifies-as-federal-emergency?cmpid=ema:nws:WS3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Welcome%20Series%20Email%20%233<\/a><\/p>\n

Detroit<\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/samuel-warde.com\/2016\/01\/proof-the-koch-brothers-caught-literally-poisoning-detroit-video\/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SamuelWarde+%28Samuel+Wynn+Warde%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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